There is not a name to this poem, but it was written by a woman named Sherrie Ball. I decided to share this because it is one of the most true things I have ever read in poetry, and while it may be sad, I find it very respectful towards our troops. God bless you.

This poem is a tribute to the army soldiers. They are ready to sacrifice for their country. This poem is about a boy, who was free. He saw many dreams and he wanted to live for his country. The boy was finally given a push into the army one day. The world had changed for him. He had to leave his family. One day, during a war, he was shot by his enemy. Now the soldier speaks that he has died but still his name remains. The enemy wasn't able to destroy his identity completely. He says he was strong and happy to have died. He says that the enemy had killed him finding him strong in the battlefield. The soldier warns the enemy that death is on his way because many of his soldier friends are still present on the battlefield and the fight isn't over. The soldier thanks the enemy for killing him. As because of him, he was able to achieve the high rank in heaven. He proudly says although he have died but his name is still being recalled by his nation. He is happy to have lived for his nation.

I wrote this poem at the age of 18 in the 1980's and now in 2011 I finally have the courage to publish.
I wanted to create a poem with more aliteration than rhyme, with more than just a beginning, a middle and an end, I wanted the reader to imagine a future and create their own timeline thoughts after the last line.
Based in the Second World War era, this piece retells an occurance that happened a thousand times, but I wanted to make this piece personal to the reader, as a reminder of the sacrifices young people made in the early 20th century, to allow us to appreciate where we are today nearly 100 years later.

This is the first war poem I tried to write, and I really like how it turned out. It is the first of a series of 3 WWII poems that I wrote for a fairly large, online war poetry contest. I wrote it after watching the new series The Pacific, about the war in the Pacific Theater. Still in revision.